US President Donald Trump stated that two weeks ago, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had asked him for help in resolving the war in Ukraine.

According to Trump, during a phone conversation, Putin mentioned that he had tried for ten years to end the war but was unable to do so. “I spoke to him [Putin] two weeks ago and he said,

'We've been trying to solve this war for ten years, but we haven't been able to do it. You have to solve it,’” the US president said. Trump added that he has managed to solve some similar issues within an hour — and without any assistance from the UN.